Here & Now
The here & now and I have a tumultuous relationship. I rarely want to be here, now. Struggling to be in the present, you can imagine how well I handle change. Not very. (Unless, of course, it’s change that I planned. You other Type A’ers know exactly what I’m talking about.)
It isn’t just me that struggles, though. Everyone seems to struggle when change bucks their ideas about the here & now; even about what you should be doing right here, right now.
My husband and I got married a little too soon, for example. “You’re so young,” people said, “don’t you want to see who else you might meet before settling?”
And we started making babies a little soon. “Well you didn’t waste much time did you? Was it an accident?”
And then we told people that we’d made a baby a little soon. “Just 7 weeks along? You’re making it public a little early, don’t you think? What if something happens?”
What if something happens? What if something happens? Maybe the reason I struggle – like many others – to live in the here & now is because we are too wrapped up in the land of what if. In the land of what if, we are incapable of embracing the here & now.
What if anxiously anticipates future problems. The here & now has no such expectations.
What if is often wrought with worry. Here & now is often filled with hope.
What if is never satisfied, here & now is completely so.
Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t arrived. I’m not sure the train has even left the station. What I do see more clearly than ever is that life bursts about the here & now. I don’t want to miss it.
I want to be here, now.
I agree. Being a forward thinker keeps you moving in positive directions. Have a great now day.-Donna
Thanks for reading Donna 🙂 (Enjoying reading about your adventures in Florida!)
Well-intentioned naysayers.
That’s exactly right Christine. Exactly right. (Thanks for reading!)
Being in the present while in a world that is forever wrapped in the future, is what Christ calls us to. Yet in those moment when we just desire to exist and not fret about the what-ifs of tomorrow, the world wins. This is one of the battles that we are forever plagued with, because Satan knows that he gets on one what-if, you’ll take a seat on that seat and ride away from the moment Christ wanted you to dwell with Him.
It’s the “already, not yet”, isn’t it Kaela? Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment, and for reading!
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